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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-08-31
EGR RENT

o. HOUSE No POS Grove street Key at 2o4.
E::sI Apply to Charles Shelton, room 6. (of1ce
ai4. hours to 12 a. m. } at 4s CHURCH STREET.
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
His First. Welsh Rarebit.

He was from the country and had
come to take in the sights, the cyclic
rama and the new Bagley fountain. The
rest of the party sat down on the steps
of the City Hall and ate gingerbread
with o keen relish, but he Thought he
would put on little more style, and so
sauntering down Woodwork avenue a
while he struck 81 heightened restaurant.
Following the crowd in he took his seat
ut one of the lunch tables. Presently
his turn came. There was the usual
steak and chops, but the waiter said
.sWelsh rarebit 2" He ordered it-he
could get common food like pork chops
and steaks at home, so he'd try the
rabbit if it was Welsh, although he
didn't quite know the difference between
that and the ones at home.
After few minutes the order was set
before him. He waited awhile and then
ing why they melted up the cheese in
that way. Customers came and went,
but he sat waiting. Finally one of the
walters asked if he would have anything
more.
Anything more 2" exclaimed the
stranger. s'SYhy I've had nothing yet -
Fifteen more minutes passed when the
waiter again asked 'if he wished any
thing else"
Eyes, sir. I am waiting for my rabbit.
I've waited now long enough for you to
cook it, too"
"But you've had you're order, sir, y
said the waiter.
''That's lie. haven't seen the first
bit of a rabbit yet. All I've had was
bit of cheese and bread, which I'll pay
for when get the rabbit
1t took Just thirty minutes standard
time to convince that tourist" that the
''rarebit" of cheese and bread was his
order. -DetrOit Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
The Corba and the Mouse.

1 was visiting at friend house in
Calcutta, and was on this evening sitting
at dinner alone. The table had been
some time waiting for the host, and [
had at last received O note that he was
not coming home, so [ sat down alone.
[ had finished dinner and was still lin
gering at the table, when little mouse
ran up ON the top of bowl with q sort
of basket work cover on it. [ should
not have thought that of itself very sin
gular, for the ''tribes on our frontier
made most unexpected incursiOns. But
when he did get perched ON the cover of
the bowl, the little fellow rose upon his
hind legs, with his hands before him,
and began to entertain me with the fun
niest little mouse song you can i'm
agne. "Chit-chit, cheep- cheep-chit,"
he whistled, and kept it up before me
in most unembarrassed and self-pos-
sed ittleway. l must have been try
ing '''dience, Tor re5'nt- back IN my
char and reared with laughter. AS L
looked at the little performer I grad
ually became aware of a shadow, a some
thing strange gliding out from behind a
dish toward the mouse. Silently and
slowly it neared the mouse, in another
minute beady snakes eye glittered in
the lamplight.
My hand stole softly for the carving
knife. The snake reared his head level
with the mouse, and the poor little fell
lows song, which had never ceased, be-
came piercingly shrill though he sat up
rigidlv erect and motionless. The
head of the snake drew back little to
strike. Out flashed the carving knife.
The spell was broken instantly, for the
mouse dropped and scampered. The
snake was wounded for there were spots
of blood on the tablecloth, and it was
writhing about among the dishes and
plates. l could not make bold stroke
at any part of it for fear of breaking the
crockery, and whenever 1 made a dig
with the point it was like pricking the
garter. l would not have believed, I'M
til had seen it, how much of himself
a snake can stow away under the edge
of O plate. At last saw the edge of
his tail projecting out from under n
dish. A snake held by the tail and
swung rapidly round cannot turn back
and bite. I grabbed the tail with my
left thumb and finger. and drew him
out until I judged the middle of his
BODY to be under the knife; then [ came
down and cut him in two. He was an
other COBRA little one about two feet
long, but quite long enough to "grav
ell" man.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
A Society Incident.

There is a story about two Bowery
gentlemen in New York that's not too
dried. One of them was moving in
what the other considered swell society,
and he was puzzled how he managed to
keep up the style.
How do you do it2" he asked.
"Vell, you see, [ buys me Il dress coat
NIT tails at an auction, an when L gets
an 1 goes oud."
But where does you get the monish2"
"The monish? You see veneyer I
goes takes away NIT me a silver spoon
or q knife Or something's, an gets two
or three dollars for them. It's easy as
pie. Wy don't you try it,
Me [ vas honest. / couldn't do
do such pizness."
However, he was persuaded to buy IL
cheap dress suit and go into society I'M
der the guidance of his ingenious friend.
The first party they attended the old
bird said:
"Vy don't you make away nit some
things? It'll never be known. Yves
piZness men.
No;>I couldn't Vat! accept of their
hospitality, an dc]l--no-no. | couldn't
do it..
"Look here. This is de Yay." And
he pulled up his trousers and showed
two knives and spoon sticking in his
boot. The other was too honest to fol-
low his example. When the supper was
in progress the honest one got up and
said
Ladies and gentlemen, 1 vas much
obliged for your hospitality. I vas not
good at speech making, but vas able to
do some sligh-of-hand tricks. You see
l takes dem two knives and one spoon,
so. You see puts dem in my pocket,
SO. Now [ say presto qilecck You
looks in dat mans boots und you finds
dem knives and spoon"
Then he said good night and went
home.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
A STORf BOOK ROMANCE.
Tho Tailor the Thread, and the
Beautiful, Dutirui Daughter.

There was Glce atailOr who had beau
tlful daughtF. All the yOungmen from
far and ncarcame to visit her because OF
her beauty. Two rivals sought her one
day and said; 1t is on your account
that we havecome hither."
"What doWant Of meI' she replied,
smiling.
owe love you, returned the two
young men, "and each of us wishes to
marry YOU
The maiden, being we'll brought up,
called her father, who listened to the two
lovers and then said: at is late; go home
now, but ceme again tomorrow, and
you shall then know which of you may
have, my daughter"
At daybrsak the next morning the
two young men returned. "Here we
are, they cied to the tailor, remember
What you promised yesterday"
"Wait a little" he replied. 81 am
going to town to buy a piece of cloth.
When l return home with it you shall
learn what expect from you"
When the tailor returned from town
he called his daughter, and on her APP
pearance he said to the young men:
"My childrsn, there are two of you, and
I have but one daughter. To whom
shall [ giveher? Whom must Irefuse?
Behold this piece of cloth; [ will cut
from it twosuits of clothes exactly alike;
each one ofyou must sew one of them;
he who finishes his task first shall have
my daughtr.
Each of ne rivals took his task and
prepared b set about it. The father
called his daughter and said to her:
"Here is tie thread; make it ready for
two wOrkeS.
The mailen obeyed her father, and
taking thebundle of thread, seated her
self near tie young men. But she was
as cleverD she was beautiful; though
her fatherdid not know which of the
young mes she loved best, nor the young
men themszlyes, she knew well enough.
The tailor@ent away; the maiden pre-
pared the thread; the young men took
the needles and began to sew. To the
one sho loved the beauty gave short
needlefuls, but to the other she did not
love she gave long needlefuls. They
sewed and sewed, in eager haste. At IL
o clock the work was not half done, but
at B o'clock the young man who had
short needlefuls had completed his task,
while the other had yet much to do.
When the tailor returned the conquer
or brought to him the completed suit,
while his rival still sat sewing.
"My children" said the tailor, 81 did
not wish to favor one more than another,
that was why 1 divided the cloth into
two equal parts and told you, He who
finished his task first shall have my
daughter. Did you understand me p
Father, replied the two young men,
"we understood you and accepted the
task; what must be, must"
The tailor had reasoned thus: "He
who finished first will be the most skill
full workman, and consequently better
able to support q wife," but he never
imagined that his daughter would give
long ncedlefuls to man she did not
wish to marry. Cleverness carried the
day, and the maiden really chose her
own husband.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
A Romantic Love Story.



Said a florist the other day: "IIast
spring l used to notice q couple going
by here-a fine, manly young fellow
and girl pretty and dainty, with love
" brown hair and dark-blue eyes. They
didn't know each other, but when the
young man went to business the girl was
sure to be somewhere around where she
could see him. She lived right around
the corner, and she used to come in here
and pretend to be examining the flowers
as he passed. Then she would look up
and watch him as he went down the
street. One day as he went by she look
ed up and said to me. oh, what funny
hat y and then carelessly, as she began
picking among the flowers, Il wonder
who he is l came very near laughing,
for the previous day the young fellow
had been in to ask me who she was, and
had sent her some flowers. About O
week after she came in with a friend,
and heard er telling the friend how
somebody had been sending her flowers
every morning, and she did wish she
could find out who it was. Well, the
best part of it all came afterwards. One
morning he came in as usual, and the
gardener took him back in the conscr-
vatory. While he was there the girl en-
tered and stoodnoar the counter looking
towards the window. Presently he re-
turned, and as he started for the door
briskly he said: Well, send these flow
ers as usual up to 24-street. Neither
knew the other was near, and hearing
the number of her house mentioned she
turned around and they met face to face.
"Well, never saw such an embarrassed
couple in all my days. She had Il big
jacqueminot near her face, and it would
have been hard to tell which was redder,
the rose or her checks. They didn't
come any more, but not long ago | saw
them going by together. They both
looked in and when they saw me he
laughed and she blushed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
Benefit Of 0beying a Wife.

A clergyman travelling through the
village of Kettle, in Fife, was called into
an inn to Officiate at marriage, instead
of a parish minister, who, from some
accident, was unable to attend, and had
caused the company to wait for con-
siderable time. While the reverend
gentleman was pronouncing the admo-
milton, and just as he had told the bride
groom to love and honor his wife, the
said bridegroom interiected the words,
''and obey, which he thought had been
omitted from oversight, though that is
part of the rule laid down solely to the
wife.
The minister, surprised to find
husband willing to be henpecked by an
ticipation, did not take advantage of the
proposed amendment; on which the
bridegroom again reminded him of the
omission-''Ay, and obey, sir-love,
honor, and obey, We ken!" and he
seemed very seriously discomposed ut
finding that his hint was not taken.
Some years afterward the same clergy
man was riding through the village of
the culinary name, when the same man
came out and stopped him, addressing
him in the following remarkable words !:
"D'ye mind, sir, yon day when We
married me, and 1 wad insist upon VOW
ing to obey my wife? Weel, We may
now sec that L was in the RIGHT.
Whether we was or no, Iha'e obeyed my
wife; and behold / am now the only
man that has twa-story house in the
hale toun!'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
Marriage by Proxy.

Marriage by proxy, or, as it is called,
"marriage by the glove" is common III
Holland, and is caused by the fact that
many of the eligible young men, after
having finished their education in the
schools of the fatherland, depart for
Dutch India to engage i'll some lucrative
commercial enterprise or to accept
position in the colonial service. The
scarcity of marriageablc white women in
that country induces the would-bc hus-
band to write to a friend in Holland,
enclosing his wish for a wife. The
friend selects willing young lady, gen
orally with a substantial DIT, and other
wise conforming closely to the specifca-
tions OF the letter. A photograph of the
favored one is enclosed in the return
epistle. After the lapse of few months,
Il soilcd left hand glove, with the power
of attorney, is received from the far
away bachelor. The friend in Holland
marries the selected bride in precisely
the same manner as if he were the
actual groom, and the young wife de-
parts in the next India mail steamer to
bring happiness toa lonely one i'll the far
east. A marriage Of this description is
as binding as if the bridegroom were
present, and is never repudiated. If
either party to the glove marriage
should die before meeting in India, the
survivor would share the property of
the deceased in accordance with the
laws.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
THE ACTORS DIAMONDS.
T,.erc is More Of the Paste About
Them Than Purity.

Just before PATHS departure from This
city, says the n, Y. Sun, she went to
dinner wearing pearl necklace and
modest pair OF solitalrcs. 81 suppose
You expected to see me in my Russian
necklace" said she to her hostess, ''but
[ would not wear my stage paste to
your dinner, though no one should dis
cover them, and [ have not valuable
gem in this couutry-Only the imitation
duplicates of the really fine stones L
possess. ] found remedy Tor anxiety
in paste. These comparatively value
less articles lie i'll q satchcl on lounge
in nv chamber at the hotel. That bag
gives me no ImcaSlncSs. Ii the real
stones we're out of vault. double locked
and guarded, [ should be on thorns OF
apprehension. Nine. Janauschek has,
probably, the finest collection of jewels
possessed by any actress IN this country:
She keeps them i'll the cOmmOnest kind
of q rough wood box. Iangtry has an IRON
casket. covered with gold plush, in which
she carries around her trophies. Bern
hardt has series of leather cases.
Davenport has a stecl-lined receptacle.
But Janauschek dumps hers all tOgeth-
er, with an occasional bit of paper wrap
ped around some particular gem, into
the old, implanted box that has wood
en- handle on top. This is always car
ried by a dragon of Il maid. But dra-
CONS are sometimes careless and once,
in n western barn of a station, waiting
for a train, Janauschek strayed out for a
paper and the maid wandered off for
Something else, and when they met in
the ladies room both stared aghast for
neither had the precious box and each
had supposed the other was taking care
of it. Everything was at fever heat
when Dennis, whose duty it was to keep
the waiting room tidy, arrived from his
supper. ,,,
he asked.
FIFTY thousand dollars worth of dia-
monds lost, wat the reply.
CANA who lost eng
"Thc old lady"
ago hang yersilf, She hasn't the
price of tin clint breastpins' said he
contcmptuously
Just here somebody took down min
utc description of the exterior of the
level casket-'s trough upainted wood,
very much battered and begrimed, with
wooden handle on top"
"Horoo." shouted Dennis; 81 believe
1 have the thing. I caught it beyant
on the sittee, an, thinks l, that's Lame
Pats kit. Bad cess to him, leaving his
ould box in dacint sates2 l have 1t in
me broom closet waiting to lather the
spalpeen whin he came afther it.
He was fairly thrown at the closet,
and he calmly produced the box from a
corner under some mops, brOoms, and
pals. Janauschek was delighted. She
called her maid to give the man re-
ward.
"Give me a sight of $4,000 dollars
worth of diamond is all ask, laughed
Dennis; and Janauschek, having the
entire police force at her back, opened
the box and drew out diamonds by the
recollection of whose beauty and bril-
liancy the town is lighted to this day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
Protect the Cattle.

At this season of the year, says the
Scientific american, the annoyance
caused to animals by flies and mosqui-
toes often amounts to positive agony,
and at all times what is called good corn
weather. it is sufficient to prevent the
stock eating enough to keep them in
good condition. The animals will stand
in the water OF pass the greater part of
the day in the shade rather than expose
themselves to the sunshine, going out
to eat only when driven by hunger.
They quickly lose flesh, the flow of milk
shrinks, and loss is incurred that can
not be easily made good again. At all
times good feed of grain is beneficial
to stock, but it is especially so when
flies are very annoying, since it will do
much to proven shrinkage of flesh and
milk. Horses and mich COWS may be
protected, in a great measure, by wiping
them all over with a sponge dipped in
soap sllds, in which a little carbolic
acid has been mixed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
A Divers Fight with a Shark.

The London Telegraph tells the follow
ing story: A. diver named Quintree had
a remarkable fight with formidable
fish called the boultous or bondro, Il
kind of shark which infests the Breton
coast at DouarneneZ, the other day.
Quintree had n narrow escape. The
diver, an old salt, was employed by the
Government, and in pursuit of his daily
labor duly descended, in diving appa-
ratus, off the Douarnenez Pier for the
purpose of laying the foundation for
an addition to that structure.
While he was at the bottom of the
sea the men who were working the air
pump in the pontoon boat above, were
suddenly frightened by feeling the
alarm signal. They instantly pulled up,
and brought large boultous, nearly
eight feet long, to the surface e. The
marine monsters head formed three
quarters of his length, and his under
jaws were of immense size. Shortly
afterward Quintree came up, his hand
on the air pipe of his helmet, and his
diving apparatus somewhat damaged.
When he went down to his work he had
scarcely got to the last rung of the lad
der when he saw the sea monster lying
between two huge Jumps of rock. He
had in his hand only his stone chisel
and hammer, and he intended to go
up for crowbar at once, but the fish
was too fast for him.
It came toward him through the green
water with its enormous jaws wide open.
Without losing q moment Quintree
managed to wound the animal in the
throat with his chisel, and then held it
down on a stone while he drew his knife
and made hole in its body through
which he passed rope, and thus sent
the fish to the surface. Had it not been
for his quiclness and dexterity the
diver, owing to the rents which the fish
would make in his apparatus, would
have been drowned, and then devoured.
As it happened, it was the boultous that
was not only defeated but eaten, for his
body was divided among the victor and
his comrades. who made capital JouiEa
baisse of its prime parts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
BURNING OF A THEATRE.
Dire Incidents of a Dreadful Even.
ing-AmcricanS who were There.

An American, writing from Paris,
says One hears on every side, wherever
one goes, fresh incidents and anecdotes
pertaining to that dreadful evening.
One unfortunate lady, a Frenchwoman
of great wealth, residing ON the Champs
Elysees, was crushed against pillar by
the force of the crowd with such vio-
lcnce as to produce q prOtrusiOn of the
intestines. She managed to make her
way to the street, and to call cab, and
so to regain her home, but she now lies
in a most precarious state and is suffer-
ing intensely The number of victims,
so far as is ascertained, is about $50. Of
these, So bodies have been recovered,
the others having been reduced to ashes
as thoroughly as though they had been
cremated Two wagon loads of these
human cinders have been taken to the
morguc. 1t is estimated that at least
fifty more must be added to the number
of those who are known to have per-
ished, for many Of the persons present
were strangers, stopping at hotels and
boarding houses, and whose disappear
ance would not be signalized to the po-
lice for some time.
Among these must probably be num-
bered two American ladies who were
stopping at one of the small uptown
hotels, and who went out ON that disas-
trous evening, leaving word at the office
that they meant to go to Il downtown
restaurant to dine, and then to go to the
theatre. They have never been heard
of since Miss Adeline Hilbert, of Bos-
ton, a young student Of singing, who is
one of the pupils of Nine. Marchesi,
and who, with her father, was present
on the occasion, escaped unhurt. They
both took their departure as soon as
they saw the sparks falling from the
scenery. Nine. Maurice Strakosch, and
two young ladies who accompanied her,
were also fortunately enabled to escape.
They were the occupants of baignoire,
and all three reached the street in safe
ty. One young gentleman, also an
American, and who was fortunately
saved, had the seat in the balcony that
was nearest the stage, and before he got
out the advancing flames had scorched
the back of his neck. OF one Of the VIC
Tins, young and beautiful married
lady, a French woman, no trace was
found except one hand almost wholly
uniniured. The third finger was still
encircled by curious antique ring, set
with an engraved emerald, which had
been a recent gift to her from her hus-
band, and by which this poor fragment
was identified. One old gentleman,
whose wife and daughter both persisted
in the flames, no trace being discover
able, has become raving maniac.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14
The Difference.
from the Detroit Free Press. I

[From the Detroit Free Press.l
There was q man.
And he had horse and wagon.
And he went about the street selling
strawberries.
And he yelled "Strawburies Straw
buries !" at the top of his voice.
The sick groaned in despair.
The well gritted their teeth with in
dignation.
And the police couldn' stop him.
But one day Providence picked him
up with congestive chill and sent him
home to die, and he expired III agony.
He was buried in Il cheap coffin, in a
cheap lot, and six weeks later his widow
was married to a tinker.
And there was another man, and he
also sold strawberries. Instead of roar
ing "Straw-buries !" from down in his
boots, he drove about at gentle pace,
knocked softly at every back door, and
as the girl appearedh he quietly remarked
"Please ask the lady of the house if she
will buy fresh Strawberries at eight
cents quart %
And his ways were taking, and his
berries went as fast as he could load up,
and q syndicate of millionaires took hold
of him and made him President of a
national bank, with salary of $4,000
per year. For further particulars see
later editions.